Pop Culture Lists for the 21st Century

Dec. 12, 1970

1 The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles2 I Think I Love You- The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy)3 Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland4 One Less Bell to Answer - The 5th Dimension5 I'll Be There - Jackson 56 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison7 Black Magic Woman - Santana8 No Matter What - Badfinger9 Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is - Chicago10 Share the Land - The Guess Who

In many ways, this top ten is too hippy by a half. The Chicago song is one of their preachier outings and the post-Bachman Guess Who is more irritating than Kum-Bi-Yah. The Harrison track embodies a hippy-type spirituality that also grates a bit. There are a couple of truly classics here though: I'll Be There is huge and soaring and Black Magic Woman, though nowhere near my favorite genre, is memorable and well-performed. Tears of a Clown and I'll Be There both do a good job showing the edges of early 70s Motown. Bryan Hyland covering the Impressions, PASS. The 5th Dimension getting their Bacharach on? DOUBLE PASS. Badfinger? Decent. As a whole, this week presages a lot of what the 70s would be by 1974. Laid back adult comtemporary? Check. Pretty good soul music? Check. Bizarre yet infectous pop? It's here. Overproduced classic rock style guitar? Yes, yes. A post-Beatle? That too.

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We're ships passing in the night on the Chicago tune--I loved it (are you a voter for the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame perhaps?). The Partridge Family song is their best (and a guilty pleasure of mine). I liked the Guess Who, but this was one of their weaker efforts. You're correct that Black Magic Woman and I'll Be There (along with Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is) are the classics here.

Okay, we're gonna go ten rounds if you start dissin' my boys Bacharach and David. They were the Cole Porter and/or Gershwins of the 60s with amazingly effective songs that could be enjoyed at different levels by teens and adults.

We're also gonna have words for any disrespect shown Marilyn McCoo, a completely underestimated pop stylist. Her phrasing was phenomenal.

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